📊Group | 📌 |
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📊Size | Medium📌 |
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📊Utilization | Herding and protection of livestock; farmyard guard dog |
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✨Appearance | The Tornjak is a large and powerful dog, well-proportioned and agile. The body shape is almost square, with strong bone structure and a thick, long coat. |
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🖍️Nicknames | Tornjak Bosnian-Herzegovinian Shepherd Dog |
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🌐Country of origin | Bosnia and herzegovina, croatia |
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⌛Lifespan, years | 10 - 12 |
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📏Height | 50 cm - 62 cm |
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⚖Weight | 20 kg - 30 kg |
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🌡Temperament | Of steady disposition, friendly, courageous, obedient, intelligent, and dignified. Fierce in guarding property, suspicious of strangers, but devoted to its master. |
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📜History | Origin: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. The breed has roots in ancient native archaic types of shepherd dogs, documented as far back as 1067 and 1374. Efforts to save the breed from extinction began in the 1970s, with systematic breeding starting in 1978. |
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